The worker crushed to death by a forklift at an Oakland recycling company was identified Friday as 34-year-old Eduardo Martinez Barajas.

Barajas, who lived in Oakland, was watching another employee use a forklift to raise a second forklift at Super Link Plastic Inc. at 888 92nd Ave. about 9:45 a.m. Thursday when the machine doing the lifting toppled, pinning or crushing his head, said Cal/OSHA spokesman Greg Figgins.

Figgins corrected earlier reports, citing information provided by the company, that said Barajas had been operating the forklift.

Barajas' death is under investigation by police and the state agency, which looks into all workplace fatalities.